Admitting he could be wrong, Davis said he doesn't believe Sims will be drafted.

"I think he came here with the idea he was going to be an undrafted free agent and I think he's going to leave here, from what I can tell, as an undrafted free agent,'' Davis said Thursday. "I can't see where anyone would draft him as a quarterback. I don't know that he has a distinguishing trait that says move him to running back and we can get something out of him there.

"I hope this comes off the right way ... I'm so proud of the kid and what he's done at Alabama and how he has persevered, and what a great year he had the last year. I'm kind of happy he came here and said, 'I'm going to be a quarterback' because he's being true to himself and this might be the last time he ever does this. And what a great way for him to go out and do it.''

Sims is one of three quarterbacks on the South team roster, joining Colorado State's Garrett Grayson and Southeastern Louisiana's Bryan Bennett, who will direct the team in Saturday's game at Mobile's Ladd-Peebles Stadium. But Davis, who has provided commentary this week for the NFL Network's live coverage of practices, said Sims has not improved his draft standing with his performance.

"Now, could he prove me wrong? Of course he can,'' Davis said. "I just don't see a future for him that way. But I'm glad he's going to get to play quarterback here because I'm not sure there's another position for him frankly. So why not go play quarterback, do what you do best? An Alabama kid finishing in Mobile and he gets to go out to the applause and a little adulation? He's earned that, he deserves it.''

Then again, Davis hasn't been impressed with any of the six quarterbacks and their play this week.

"No, no, no. no, no,'' he responded when asked if the group had performed well or if anyone had stood out at the position. "I hate that too, because I love these kids. Sean Mannion is one of my favorite kids, Bryce Petty is one of my favorite kids.

"Mannion at least, he's schooled on NFL stuff, but he has to be quicker in everything he does - process, delivery, getting out from under center. I think he can do all of that. (He's a) smart, sharp kid, really like him. Over the top. By build and action he looks a lot like (former N.C. State QB) Mike Glennon a few years ago.''

Oregon State's Mannion, Baylor's Bryce Petty and East Carolina's Shane Carden are the North quarterbacks. Oregon's Marcus Mariota was invited to play in the game, but declined, as did UCLA's Brett Hundley. Auburn's Nick Marshall arrived as a quarterback but after the first position meeting, as to be moved to cornerback, which he did.

"Bryce Petty, you can't deny the production, but all this is foreign to him,'' Davis said. "We actually had a thing in there (on NFL Network) where he tried a play and it wasn't completed successfully and he got in the huddle and he said, 'My bad guys, we didn't do much of that at Baylor.' It's not his fault. It's something he hasn't done. That doesn't mean he can't adapt to it.

"Garrett Grayson has intrigued me. Here's a guy that's gone through things and he's done pretty well since going through it. I want to see how all that goes. ... But overall, the quarterbacks, there's all that (talk about), could someone distinguish themselves as the third guy (in the NFL draft behind Mariota and Jameis Winston). I don't know that anyone really did that this week.''